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Robert Rufus Bridgers (November 28, 1819 – December 10, 1888) was a
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politician during the
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Biography

Bridgers was born in
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on November 28, 1819. He graduated from the
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in 1841. He served in the state legislature in 1844, and again from 1858 to 1861. He married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston on December 12, 1849. He represented the state in the
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and the
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from 1862 to 1865. He died in
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on December 10, 1888.


See also

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Bridger family of Virginia The Bridger family of Virginia is notable to American history. Relevant figures include Joseph Bridger and Jim Bridger, as well as some less-known contributors to American colonial, pioneer, and Civil War history. Joseph Bridger The foremost pr ...
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Joseph Bridger Joseph Bridger (baptized February 28, 1632– April 15, 1686) emigrated to the Virginia colony from England where he became wealthy and known for supporting Governor William Berkeley and his successors. As would his namesake grandson and se ...
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Jim Bridger James Felix Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, Animal trapping, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was ...


References

1819 births 1888 deaths Bridger family Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Edgecombe County, North Carolina North Carolina lawyers Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub